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...talking for Mitten Manage ment," he shouted. "I have been damn ing it for years. ... I'd hook up with the Devil if that would help in this situa tion." Realizing that the reference to his new ally was hardly complimentary, Mayor Wilson hastily explained that he meant no disparagement of Dr. Mitten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Turmoil in Traction | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

...customary for a major Congressional bill to be prefaced by a patriotic statement of the reasons for its introduction, the ways in which the public welfare will presumably be benefited by its adop- tion. Last week a bill before the House for immediate payment of the Bonus bore the following preamble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Marching Orders | 1/20/1936 | See Source »

Coach Harry Cowles expressed himself as very much pleased with the showing of the team last Saturday in the match with Columbia but added that they showed the lack of outdoor competi- tion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undefeated Tennis Team to Match Strokes With Bruins | 5/1/1935 | See Source »

...island's torrid political climate. He was Major General Blanton Winship, U. S. A. retired, of Macon, Ga. General Winship is a rare type, an experienced U. S. colonial official. He entered the Army in '98, wears the ribbons of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrec tion, the Cuban Pacification, the Mexican Punitive Expedition, the World War. As far back as 1906, General Enoch Crowder recognized General Winship's administrational abilities by making him Acting Secretary of State and Justice of Cuba. He served as Calvin Coolidge's military aide, was sent to the Philippines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Just What You Expect | 1/22/1934 | See Source »

...Russia the Soviets are having their inning. It is most important to the world that an enormously complicated system like that under which we are now living be proved and made to work. It is also sometimes more difficult to get a highly organized system like ours to pune- tion than it is to create...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lippmann Favors Roosevelt's Basic Policies In Belief That Economic Recovery Is Assured | 1/9/1934 | See Source »

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